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City Hall pact blocks Sinn Féin from Mayoralty

Commenting on speculation that Belfast City Council will tonight elect a DUP
Mayor and SDLP Deputy Mayor, Upper Falls Sinn Fein councillor and Sinn Fein
group leader on Belfast City Council, Paul Maskey said:

"From the indicators available it would seem that a pact has been put in
place involving the DUP, SDLP and Alliance Party that has been designed to
exclude Sinn Fein from mayoralty in Belfast.

"This will disappoint the many citizens of Belfast who believed that with
the election some time back of Alex Maskey as Lord Mayor, Belfast City Council
had abandoned the failed politics of exclusion and had moved into a new era
of fair play and equality.

"Sinn Fein remains the largest party in Belfast in terms of votes secured at
the last election. This must be reflected in the allocation of senior
positions at City Hall.